Group B – We started with one group on the Ouija, and another group with Glass Work. The group with the Ouija had a girl aged 4 from possibly 1967 or 1867. She couldn’t spell, and gave her initials as P T. We asked if she could see how many of us were there, and she answered 7 which was correct. With the glass work the group had an older female lady that visited here. She lived in Newton Abbott within the last 100 years. She came here for a celebration that she disapproved of.

Group C – With this group we had not received much from the Ouija and Glass Work, so we all joined together to do Table Tipping. Many could feel the energies around us with tingles, static engery, coldness. The table was gently rocking, and guests were being swayed with it, to the point that they started feeling sick. The table then started moving more, lifting up twice to one side. The second time we were all touching with just fingertips, then with us all taking our fingers off slowly, leaving just one person touching whilst the table was tipped up to one side. As the last person took his finger off, the table held there for 2 -3 seconds before very slowly dropping back down to the floor. I had not experienced that before and was very surprised. We tried re-balancing the table back in the same position, and each time it fell back down to the floor very quickly. Very odd.

Group A – With my last group we started with the Table Tipping, and immediately it started moving. After lots of twists, turns and rotating slowly, we then established a yes & no. The spirit was someone the group had spoken to earlier. They went through the names and worked out it was the spirit of Alice. We asked a few questions, one being how had she passed; an illness, TB, and she was a servant here. We then moved to the Ouija and continued speaking to Alice: she was 21, born in 1813, and passed in 1834, and her surname was Turner.

A lovely new venue – and one I look forward to returning to next year!

Area: Rooms 6 & 7
Equipment: Scrying, Dowsing Rods, Pendulums & Glass Work
With all four groups we started with scrying and were all seeing similar images: older female, with wrinkles, one side of the face and eye dropping, a male with a goatee beard, and a wide grin, with a lip curl sometimes. Would see shadows moving behind the reflection of people too. With the rods & pendulums all were able to communicate with the spirits.
We then tried glass work, and had little movement on most groups, but one group we had the spirit of a male, who had died in this room (room 6) in the 1900’s from a sudden illness. We asked if he had a message, responded with yes, asked if he needed help going to the light, again responded with yes, so we did our best to guide him.
With the first group doing glass work in room 7, myself and Karl & Charlie (guests) were feeling the energy of a spirit next to us. It felt colder, static/tingly, and the air just felt thicker. We moved in different places in the room, and the feelings were moving with us.

With one group (hen party) we also did the Human Pendulum in room 7, and had the spirit of a little boy with us. He didn’t know his age or the year he passed. He did die of an illness, some of his family did too. He had lived here in this building, and had a sister.

With the free session I joined a group of guests wanting to try some table tipping, so we set up in the bar area. The table started moving, very gently, then would lift up one side but do no more. Whilst doing this I felt and saw what I though was someone walk behind me, when I looked no-one was there. Two of the guests felt and saw the same.
A fantastic night at the Red Lion Hotel – we all love coming here.
Kym
Paranormal Investigator
Ghost Hunt Events
http://www.ghosthuntevents.co.uk/

Ouija & Table Tipping, Dowsing Rods, Pendulums & Human Pendulum
We started with half the group on Ouija, and the other half on Table Tipping. We had slight movement on both. We then tried the Human Pendulum and had the spirit of a male soldier step forward. He had passed in his 20’s from a head injury. His wife was also with us. One of the guests had his name as Archibald. He had murdered someone, for stealing his money. He was happily married, who then stepped forward, her name was Elizabeth. We did try the table tipping again and had a lot of rocking but no more. We then used the dowsing rods & pendulums, and guests enjoyed exploring and communicating with the spirits.

With my second group again we started with table tipping and had some rocking, one more than another with a lot of spins, rocking and walking across the room to where the spirit was standing, after hearing noises from that area. We then all tried the very large table and was able to get a lot of movement, rocking rapidly, tipping up and holding to one side when asked. Two guests at one end of the table both had blowing in their ears at the same time. Jenny (guest) kept feeling like someone was pulling on her trousers. We tried the Ouija and had the spirit of Edgar, from 1943 aged 23. He was pushed down the stairs here in this room and died of a head injury. The man that pushed him was having an affair with his wife. People have experienced being pushed on these stairs. Was this the reason why? His wife Charlotte who was a nurse, had tried to make him better. Others were using the rods & pendulums to communicate with the spirits, a male spirit confirmed he was the one that had moved the large table.

With my last group we had a little movement on the Ouija & table tipping, but not enough to communicate. Tried the large table and had some gently rocking. Used the rods & pendulums for a short while, but everyone wanted to try the human pendulum. We had a spirit come through that had known Mark (guest). He was able to communicate with him.
In the free session I joined Mark and his family in the Salle Port, we started with table tipping and had some slight movement. We then switched to glass work, and with a yes & no established communicated with the spirit with us. We were hearing noises around us, and did hear and feel a breath.
A great night at Fort Amherst again!

Fort Amherst is one of our favourite venues as there is never a dull moment during the event. It is also one of the spookiest as long tunnels and underground rooms often are.

During the séance sessions that I held we were joined by a spirit called Christopher who was aged in his late 30s and an Army Sergeant from the Second World War era.

Whilst Christopher was able to push and manipulate people we also heard a lot of strange noises, doors banging and footsteps. This was all very odd as there wasn’t a slight breeze outside let alone a strong wind to slam a door.

During the final séance session many of the group, including me had numb or tingling toes. What this meant or what it was supposed to mean is unknown, maybe we’ll find out on a return visit to Fort Amherst later this year.

This was another excellent ghost hunt at the Fort with lots of paranormal activity felt and experienced by the guests.

As a team we love visiting this venue, because we have so much space and buildings for us and our guests to investigate, because we have not used all the buildings for all the activities that we undertake yet.

Being that the group was a small group (which is normal in the summer months) we didn’t split the group and instead each team member held their session with everyone present.

The first session was my séance session, which I chose to hold in a building that I have used before; C Mag, an old magazine room (for storing explosives).

A male spirit by the name of Roger joined us, he was aged in his late 30s or early 40s and an older gent aged in his late 50s who was a Navy Officer and in uniform.

Both these spirits were able to push people and manipulate us with a little force, one guest spent most of the session being pushed forwards or pulled backwards. At one point just about everyone had been pushed to the floor.

The second session was a joint table tilting and Ouija board session. Both activities took a while before anything useful was encountered and the table tilting eventually got going after a lot of encouragement. There is an excerpt of this at https://youtu.be/a5SoskKkpn0

On the Ouija board we eventually had some contact with a slave or a person who was forced to work and a young boy called Timothy who was 15 or 16 years old and also working at Priddy’s Hard. (now the site of the Explosion Museum)

The third session we let the guests loose with our gadgets in the old Admin building, this is a popular building for this activity as the building is big enough to allow the guests to roam from room to room and they may encounter different spirits in different parts of the building.

The fourth session was a Human Pendulum session in the Grand Magazine where guests were able to ask spirit questions and feel the spirit move them.

After this session all guests were able to explore the buildings and carry out their own ghost hunt. During this time guests could borrow our ghost hunting equipment.

This was another excellent ghost hunt with some good personal paranormal evidence encountered by the guests in various parts of the site using a whole manner of different activities. We look forward to our return in August.

The True Crime Museum is an odd place, hence why we hold ghost hunts here, but our first event in February didn’t reveal anything unusual or menacing. This time though, is a different story.

This was in many ways, one of the strangest ghost hunts that I have ever undertaken. There were only a few guests, which may explain why it happened but the team were all affected by spirit at one point or another. Some of us were only affected once in a minor way, whilst others were affected all night.

We started the ghost hunt with a séance in the aptly named “Death Chamber”, the idea behind this was to build the energy that would last throughout the rest of the evening.

It all started well, with two brother spirits who joined us, starting to move guests by their hands and arms and as happened on our previous visit in February, the spirits tried to pull people backwards over the railings. The two male energies were Royal Mail post men from the year 1900, only one gave his name as David Webb.

Sue (team) was picking up on a smell of horses and was telling us about what she was sensing, when she announced that she wasn’t feeling right. So I made my way over to remove her from the circle. After she came out she explained that she became dizzy and didn’t feel right. Emma (guest) during this time also had dropped her head and was unresponsive to us calling her name. As Sue and myself made our way to Emma, she collapsed on the floor. I decided that closing the séance circle was the safest thing to do.

When then took a break so that those that were affected could recover.

After a tea break we continued with a table tilting session which was something sporadic, one minute the table was walking and moving, next it was stationary followed by some more movement. At one point this table was walking between the two rooms (the two rooms were linked by a small tunnel) which was interesting in itself.

After a short break we handed out equipment to the guests (and instructed them on how to use them) and let them wander around the museum, communicating and asking questions of the spirit.

I had just walked back into another room to collect another piece of kit, when Louise (team) came out of the “Death Chamber” and looked at me in an odd way, it was more of a surprised look. When I spoke to Louise and asked if she was alright it became clear that she wasn’t as her eyes were glazed over and she was unresponsive. It was necessary that Louise should exit the venue as the spirit that had more control over her than she did herself. It took three of us to remove her from the Museum and she was kicking and fighting with us that she didn’t want to leave, although gave no reason as to why.

After she was outside she couldn’t remember anything that had happened and only remembered going into the “Death Chamber” with a KII (EMF Meter).

As I walked back into the Museum on my own I could feel a malicious spirit energy present, although didn’t pay much attention to him as I was heading to see how the guests were getting on. At this time, I felt disorientated, dizzy and lost. As I stood there I was aware of these feelings but unable to do much about it and then whatever had stopped me, had gone away and I was able to move again, although I had no idea what I was doing or going to do, so I returned to the base room.

Jason (team) also felt a sensation of being confused and disorientated once in the “Death Chamber” during the séance and at other times throughout the evening.

Guests continued to communicate with spirit and had a long conversation with a spirit using a Ouija board which revealed truths about what had happened on the night. Unfortunately, I wasn’t present so don’t know the full details. Louise during this time was still recovering as she felt weak.

Rye Castle is a small venue which is why there are only a small amount of guests allowed for the ghost hunt, however on this evening a number of guests failed to turn up so the group was smaller than previous ghost hunts. This meant that the ghost hunt was more intimate for those who were present and the personal evidence that these guests encountered was brilliant.

We kept all the guests together since the group was about half the size it should have been and held three sessions.

The first session was a tech and gadget session in the main Keep where the guests we able to get basic yes and no answers to their questions as well as experiencing strange energy spikes on our meters.

The second session was a table tilting session in which we had some movement on the table and the third session was a séance session where we were joined by a male spirit aged in his 50s from the 1890s. He was called Anthony Dwight and he was a well-dressed gentlemen wearing a smart pin striped suit and had a pocket watch.

Anthony was able to move the majority of the guests by their arms and pull various people by their arms to the floor, which was all very amusing to us.

During the free session (when guests can venture off on their own) guests were coming back to us in the base room after being upstairs in the Keep or in the Woman’s Tower and reporting that something unusual happened to them. On all occasions they had thought there was someone else in the room with them, when in fact they had all been on their own (in pairs). One pair of guests reported that first they thought someone spoke to the them and then they heard the “woosh” of a lady’s dress as it passed them by.

All in all, a very interesting ghost hunt and we look forward to our return in September 2016.

I forget how many times that we have investigated this fort however we enjoy every one as the activity and the experience is different every time. There are many rooms here, which I still haven’t investigated or even entered.

For all my sessions on this occasion I held them in the guardhouse at the entrance of the fort.

We were joined by a spirit called George who was a Second World War soldier at the fort but lived through the war years and passed away at the age of 55. Plus, there was an older spirit from 1830s, also a Soldier in the Army and held the rank of Major. This spirit did not give his name.

In all sessions the spirit was able to move and manipulate people and in many cases pushed people to the floor and held some of them on the floor, unable to get up on their own.

This was all very amusing which seem to heighten the activity and the experience of the guests with more people being manipulated as time wore on.

This was another excellent ghost hunt at the fort with many people experiencing paranormal activity and having their own paranormal evidence in the free session. We look forward to our return in October 2016.

Having visited this haunted house before we were looking forward to another visit to see if similar activity occurred.

All of my séance sessions were held in the study and the bedroom.

We were joined firstly by a spirit called Antony who was in his 40s and from 1850s era. In most sessions Antony was able to move and manipulate people and pull them to the floor as well as move the bedclothes. Those who saw the bedclothes move were genuinely surprised, although it only happened in the first session. Other sessions people were just pushed and moved and had their arms lifted. Although in the third session people were pushed towards the door.

In the study we met a spirit called Thomas who at one time lived in the house, around 1890 and a more modern spirit from 1986 who passed away just outside the house as he was involved in a motorcycle crash.

Some of the guests who sat in the chair in one corner of the room felt uneasy, whilst others who stood in another corner became more uneasy with time. Many people in all groups felt dizzy or had headaches throughout these sessions which was unexplainable.

This was an excellent ghost hunt with many people in the free session experimenting with scrying in an upstairs room and getting some amazing personal evidence.

With my first group we had the spirit of Fred on the Ouija. He was 27 years old, had died here, but didn’t work here. He had committed suicide by drinking bleach, due to what he saw whilst fighting for the Essex Regiment in World War Two. He had passed in 1949, and had three brothers. The second spirit that came through was a man from England in 1578. He was killed in October aged 56. He gave us the following info: OTKPYCMRUZQ saying it was a radio frequency. He said he was a house worker.

With my next group we had a female spirit called Tiffany, age 44 from 1423. Is married and has 2 children and lives here. Asked if she has lived before, she has had 5 lives, and will not re-incarnate anymore. She passed away in childbirth, and the previous spirit called Fred was her brother. She confirmed Fred was with the other group helping another male spirit move the table. Asked if she had a message for us, she spelt UTAN4, asked if she was thanking the four people on the Ouija table, she said yes.

On the table tipping they were communicating with a male spirit, who was married with children. Was happy to be here. Had worked here, and there were more than one spirit here. He had died here, was murdered, head trauma, a friend had killed him.

With my third group the spirit on the Ouija spelt their name as MAM. Asked if she was royalty she said yes. She was 37 years old from 1919. King George was on the throne, she had 4 children, and was related to King George. She said she was his sister. I did check these records, and although King George did have sisters, all passed in their 60’s and not in 1919.

With all three groups the table tipping was incredible, with all guests being amazed by what the spirits were able to do, lifting, rocking, spinning and walking the table around the room. With many guests experiencing this for the first time. It was a really fun night, and a venue I cannot wait to return.